opening, heaven s rain was first released in oklahoma and texas, and later across the southwest. and as if to close another chapter in brooks and leslie s life, in april of 2011, glen ache, the trigger man, died in prison of natural causes. brooks went on to promote the movie. often, speaking after a group screenings, the film found its early audience, about oklahoma churchgoers. i am not sure people can fully appreciate you power that the grace of god has had in your life, in granting forgiveness to the people who have murdered your parents. an old wound, he could have left it alone, scarred over as it was. more than once he turned down book and movie deals proposed by others, and chose to let the dead lie. but not now, not anymore. and by opening the wound again
poisoned by the resentment of past grudges. you intentionally put that particular sermon in the movie? yes. a lot of that was the sermon that he preached the morning before he died. the theme was certainly forgiveness. it was something he preached? thus the title, heaven s rain . it is from shakespeare, the merchant of enes. the quality of mercy is not strained, it drop if as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath. it is twice blessed. it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. i am so, so sorry for what i did. could you at least tell me why? well, the truth is there was no reason. it is the reason he made the movie, this scene.